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ditsy

ditsy is the alternative spelling of ditzy.

Adjective

ditsy (comparative more ditsy, superlative most ditsy)

  1. Tending to fuss over small details
  2. Of a pattern on an item of repeated small objects, often floral

Meaning of ditzy

Adjective

ditzy (comparative ditzier, superlative ditziest)

  1. (informal) Silly or scatterbrained, usually of a young woman.
    • What’s more, Friends offers someone for everyone: a tall, dorky, insecure guy (David Schwimmer); a ditzy, guitar-strumming blonde (Lisa Kudrow); a handsome, jean-clad palooka (Matt LeBlanc); a sarcastic, 9-to-5-ing funnyman ([Matthew] Perry); a dark-haired, blue-eyed Veronica (Courteney Cox); and a...1996 March 7, Rich Cohen, “Jennifer Aniston: The Girl Friend”, in Rolling Stone

Forms of ditsy

comparativeditsier
superlativeditsiest
comparativemore ditsy
superlativemost ditsy

Origin of ditsy

Unknown, possibly a variation on dicty.

Questions about ditsy

What does ditsy mean?
Ditsy means tending to fuss over small details.
What is ditsy the alternative spelling of?
Ditsy is the alternative spelling of ditzy.
What part of speech is ditsy?
Ditsy is an adjective.

Words near ditsy in the dictionary

  1. ditsiest
  2. ditsily
  3. ditsiness
  4. ditsoon
  5. ditsoons
  6. ditsy
  7. Ditta
  8. dittamy
  9. dittander
  10. dittanies
  11. dittany

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ditsy (page history and authors); ditzy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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